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Critiquing the State-centric and legalistic approach to implementing human rights, this book illustrates the efficacy of relying upon social institutions.
List of contents
1. Introduction: the challenge of human rights implementation; 2. Human rights and its cultural connection; 3. Domestic implementation of international human rights treaties: legislative and other effective measures; 4. Domestic implementation of international human rights treaties: the role of public and private actors; 5. Role of Islamic Law and institutions in implementing women's right to family planning in Indonesia; 6. Conclusions: social institutions and the future of domestic human rights implementation; Select bibliography; Index.
About the author
Julie Fraser is a human rights lawyer with experience in both academia and practice. As an Assistant Professor with the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University, Julie has published, presented, and taught on topics including human rights law, women's rights, and transitional justice.
Summary
This book critiques the traditional State-centric and legalistic approach to implementing human rights, and advocates more culturally sensitive measures involving social institutions. Through a multi-disciplinary case study, the book demonstrates the power of social institutions like religion to promote rights compliant positions and behaviours.
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'In Social Institutions and International Human Rights Law Implementation, Dr Fraser brings a rare and insightful mind to the crisis, vitality and hope in the human rights project. This book pulsates with a unique kaleidoscope of high theory, praxis and discourse that lays bare both the torment and redeeming power of human rights. In it, Professor Fraser reaches into the annals of global cultures to weave a story of the liberatory potential of the norms, processes and institutions steeped in the human rights corpus. Most remarkably, she puts forth a broad school of thought that hears the critiques of the Global South and the incompleteness of the human rights text. It's a great work of reference.' Makau Mutua, SUNY Distinguished Professor, SUNY Buffalo Law School, The State University of New York
